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PAGE TWO Fulcher-McClure Reunion Will Be Held Sunday The annual Fulcher-McClure re union will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bart Fulcher. on Franklin Route 2, on Sunday, Oc tober 6. All relative and friends are invited to attend. Nantahala National Forest Did t You Know That There have . been planted on the wildlife game management areas of the Nantahala National Forest 50 wild turkeys. These turkeys were supplied by the North Carolina Fish and Game Commission, the turkeys having been transferred to the Nantahala National Forest by Mr. C. N. Mease, District .Game Supervisor of the Commission. Of the 50 turkeys planted, 20 were placed in game management areas in Maccm county. Eight tur keys were placed on the Wayah Bald Game Area, eight miles west of Franklin; 12 turkeys were plac ed on the Standing Indian Game Area on the head of the Nantahala ..river. , Santeetlah Game Area in Gra ham county received 25 turkeys and Fires Creek Area in Clay county received five turkeys. It is Hoped that continued stock ing of these game areas with tur key and the continued protection afforded all game by the State Game protectors will bring about an increase in turkey, which will enable, sportsmen to again enjoy a good old-fashioned turkey . hunt. OUR DEFENSE (One of a Series Prepared by National Defense Advisory Commission) The Army of the United States ENGINEERS AND SIGNALS The Engineer Corps and the Signal- Corps hav special duties in keeping our Army going places and in touch with headquarters. But they still are combat arms. This means that if they have , to they can throw down their slide rules and their telephone instru ments and trot out to show the infantry how to throw lead at an enemy. The Corps of Engineers is the arm that furnishes technical engi neering skill to the Army. It gets Its practice in peacetime by tam ing rivers, building dams, and, other engineering structures. If there is any. kind' ot a dirty aaminisirauve job that needs doing we usually find an Army engineer assigned to get it done, for getting things done is the breath - of life to an engineer. All you have to do is tell an engineer it can't tie done. He will then reach in his back pocket, pull out a slide rule, and by the time you have proved it can't be clone, he has gone and finished it Functions Of The Engineer .'A little problem in river bridge ing is just meat. They have whole warehouses full of folding bridges. Just tell them the sire river, and they trot out some folding boats and steel sections, a few boards, and the Army is on its way again, tanks, guns, and all. They dig tun nels, build buildings, move moun tains, put roads where they ought to' be, run railways, whip tip power and light systems, furnish water, build defense systems. In fact, they are a very handy organization to have around. : .'' They can be nasty if someone asks them to, tor they conduct military mining That is, they build 'tunnels under where the enemy v .sitting, and blow up, the vuiole works. They also blow up bridges, roads, and railroads when neces sary to hinder the enemy. Their simnle. Thev make movement and supply of our own army easier, and make it just as tough as possible for the enemy. Just now they are engaged in building up our defease systems, providing buildings and structures for the Army, and adding to their supplies of materials and plant tools. Most of the requirements of the Engineer Corps can be met from civilian construction supplies, and the Defense Advisory Com mission Is seeing that they get them when they need them. The Engineers are also in charge of the camouflage, hiding our forces from the enemy by paint, branches of trees, or anything else that is handy: The Signal Corp ' The Signal Corps doesn't tell the Army what to do, but they fix it so the Army knows what it is ao ing, which is just as important When the general wants a little something warlike done, that news has to get to the boys up in front whn have the doine in hand, and the orders have to get there right side up, accurate, and on time. Like the Engineers, when its duties of keeping communications open carry it close to the front lines; the Signal Corps takes time off from its other activities to do a little straight shooting. The Signal Corps also operates its own fixed radio network throughout the United States, and keeps in touch with the whole Anny icth here and overseas. In Macon Couple I I f , ' I U 1 asA.'iiMiiiiii'w Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Baldwin, of Franklin Route 3, have just cele brated their diamond wedding anniversary. Mr. Baldwin is 81 and Mrs. Baldwin is 76. A picnic was held at the Baldwin home place, where t'he couple has lived for the past 46 years, Sunday, September 15, at which numerous relatives including six of the seven" children, were present to take part in the celebration. addition, the Army has organized some 1,200 of the 50,000 licensed radio operators in this country in to a network that can augment the official facilities. SERVICES OF SUPPLY These services include such im portant functions as feeding, cloth ing, housing, paying, hospitalizing, arming, and even praying for the men who man the guns. A soldier is just like anyone else. He needs food, clothing, and shel ter. The Quartermaster Corps fur nishes him with those essential needs. It carries a stock of light weight uniforms for the Tropic and a supply of fur hats for Alaska It can make clothing at its Phila delphia depot for all occasions. It provides fish on' Friday, and turkey on Thanksgiving. It has tents for the marching troops, and brick barracks for tho.se who are station-, ary. It buys 'needlepoints and troop ships. And it has to figure far enough ahead so that when a sol dier gets to where he is going he will find a Quartermaster already has fixed it so that supper is on the stove, Housekeeping For 2,000,000 There are two main ways in which the Quartermaster buys .sup plies for -the Army. It purchases food and articles of standard man ufacture . direct from commercial Way No. test used by us and many of Good Gulf and Gulf No-Nox. You won't need technical knowledge to see that these improvements are truly important ... make a real difference in the performance of your car. -Ml .:,. 9k4. .,::-.v.w.w Mil mmwT -i ' ' - fell MMQ ' i etter FueJs zMX THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND Married 60 Years dealers and from manufacturers. About 60 per cent of all the food bought for the Army is purchased in large lots by Quartermaster Depots and is furnished to the posts. The other 40 per cent of the food, fresh eggs, milk, fowl, fruit, and vegetables, is bought on con tracts made locally by the Quar termaster purchasing officers on the Army Post, who are the local housekeepers, looking over the day's bargains and , figuring up what to serve. The Quartermasters also have charge of transporting the Army by land and water. It operates all of the Army transport ships which carry troops and supplies to our overseas stations. Keeping Fit The Medical Service; maintains the health of the Army, treats its ,sick, heals its wounded. As the Army expands Medical Units will be formed from civilian hospital groups. These will have to be sup plied with all necessary hospital equipment, through the Quarter master Corps, which will also have to provide proper hospital facili ties, along with laboratories, am bulances, blood for transfusioris, to be stored in blood banks, and even vaccines to vaccinate and inocu late the enrqllees against every thing that a soldier might catch and that is plenty. Gun For The Fighting Force By this time it will be no shock to learn that an army uses-a large amount of weapons, and , even greater amounts of ammunitions for all the tools of war. The lists of weapons, ammunition, and other materials handled by the Ordnance , .1 3 '4."v.-- 7' : i v A. Two ways to look at 1 ;h; i to examine the chart shown below. Ii shows the step up based on a scientific of our competitors in the anti-knock THE HIGHLANDS MACON IAN Here's The Proof Just to convince any doubting Thomases, Bill Moore here proudly displays the 40 inch, 15 pound muskallunge he landed near Lake Emory last week. - Department, which is in charge of this work, totals more than 2,500 separate items; these items have altogether more than 250,000 sep arate parts, and when Private John Smith of the Infantry is engaged in combat and needs a new firing pin for his rifle, he is not going to be very, happy if he is supplied with a gun carriage for a 16-inch naval rifle. It is up to , the Ord nance Department , to see that all kinds of supplies are where they are needed when they are needed. . Chemical Warefare The Chemical Warefare service provides chemicals, gases, and smoke, which are the most power ful means of modern warefare. Jn the World War chemicals were re sponsible for one casualty in every four among the American troops. Our Army of today must be pro tected against the chemicals the enemy may use. Result of Johnson Grass Potato Battle On Exhibit J. L. Clark of Cullasaja came this week with proof of to what lengths Johnson grass can go to making life miserable for the farmer. Mr. Clark sent in two medium quality &-" i - ' ' '-' :-' " ,' 4' t&n ': i ' v , l - - : W r v i ? ' 1 Cullasaja By MRS. VERNON BRYSON Mrs. Prichard Rus,sell gave miscellaneous shower last Friday night in honor of Mrs. John Dal ton, the former Miss Wilma Rus sell, of Cullasaja and White Plains, N. Y. About 75 friends and rela tives called during the evening and left many useful gifts. They includ ed Mr. Dalton',s mother, Mrs. Walter Dalton, and sister, Mrs. Rebecca Stevens, of Leatherman. The party was carried on by games of various kinds, and Rafter the packages were opened, cake and lemonade was served by Mrs. Dal ton's girl friends, Nettie Mae Stan field, Lois Clark, Mildred Bryson and Marie Holland. Mr. and Mrs. Dalton left Monday for New York, they were accompanied on their way by Mrs.-Dalton's mother, Mrs. Irada Russell. ( Mrs. Lease Bryson and Mrs, David; Stanfield made a business trip to Atlanta one day last week. Mrs. Annie Vahhook of Prentiss visited her mother, Mrs. J. T. Bry son, here last week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Angel and Bernard and Grace Angel of . Gas tonia, were week-end visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Estes. Mrs. Lenn Higdon and son, Robie, and Mr. and Mrs. Garland Harbson of Gastonia, were visiting Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bryson, Jr, last week-end. They also attended the Corbin reunion while here. We are sorry to report Mrs. John Potts is ill at her t home with an infected leg. sized Irish potatoes through which stalks of Johnson grass ' had thrust their . way, the roots of the grass remaining on one side of the po tatoes and the stem and stalk on the other. Apparently the weed seeds had sprouted i after the po tatoes were formed and had push ed their way through them up to the surface. The potatoes are on exhibit in the window of The Press office. WANTED : ... Deposits or tonnage of the followingminerals in Macon, Clay, Jack son or Swain counties : Chromite Vermiculite Manganese Mica Asbestos Spinel Talc Sericite Bring or send samples and details to Philip S. Hoyt Franklin, N. C. OFFICEs BIDWELL STREET OR P. O. BOX 509 Good News Way No. 2 ii to actually try Gulf or Gulf away, you'll discover, that Good Gulf now boosted so high it exceeds North Carolina's specifications for premium gasoline will make your engine run more smoothly ... more quietly. - Or you'll find that Gulf No-Nox, which even before the step-up was knock proof under all normal driving conditions, is now truly a super fuel. It's Jway above North Carolina's specifications for premium gasoline . . . will make your modern, high-compression engine purr like never before. THURSDAY," SEPT. 28. 1940 Singing At Coweeta Sunday, September 29 There will be an all day singing at the Coweeta Baptist church Sun day, September 29. Dinner will be spread in a grove near the church. Choirs from Clayton and Toccoa, Ga., will be there and any other choir.s desiring to come are wel come. The public is cordially in vited to attend ' and please bring dinner. ' ' ..J TO CHECK -Advertisement- We Want Willkie If YOU want Willkie, HERE is a WAY for YOU to HELP. Ever since the convention at Philadelphia, we've been looking for a way to take an active part in the VOLUNTEER movement which nominated Wendell Willkie for President. We've found it in promoting the Willkie Worker's Kit which is being put out by Oren Root's outfit the Associated Willkie Clubs. (He is the young man volunteer who started those petitions which had so much to', do with the nomination.) 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